Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú) | Oireachtas source

I understand that, but this practice has been repeated by Governments and Ministers regularly. At the start of this Dáil the Government introduced a process whereby Opposition Deputies were made to slide down the pecking order when it came to an opportunity to speak in order that the Government could put its Deputies up first. That means that the Minister is not around to listen to other views in this Chamber. He listens only to the views he can already hear in the parliamentary party meetings.

It is a sign of arrogance that the Minister would ignore so many Deputies on the Opposition side who represent tens of thousands of people in distress and difficulty as a result of this issue. I ask the Minister of State to relay that to the Minister.

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